August mood board

We usually post our monthly mood boards on the Friday night ahead of our Virtual crop day on the third Saturday of the month but one of our designers Tricia got married this weekend just gone so we have shifted our plans around.  Instead of your virtual crop on the third Saturday of the month - we are bringing you an ENTIRE Weekend of fun this coming Friday in our 2018 Cybercrop which runs though until Monday afternoon!!

Which means we are going to miss the usual pre-virtual crop challenge post and just throw this months Moodboard out there to you today!

Hopefully you have plenty of summer photos to scrap inspired by the above image, or some twine and wooden hearts in your stash?

Pop your layouts in our 2018 Mood Board Album HERE on Facebook so we can spread some scrapbooking love :)

July Virtual Crop Challenge

Hello Scrapbookers and welcome to your July Mood Board challenge ahead of virtual crop day tomorrow. Many of you will be thinking about or off on your holidays soon so this board is for you. Where do you dream of going? Have you been there? are you planning a trip?
The wood and outdoors pictures from this board open up many images you can scrap and you can include bird elements and leaf/branch punches too.  I love the distressed inky feel of the bottom right image and I also like the idea of using the block design with a circle feature of the board itself. Lots of ideas there for you, simply look at the image and be inspired to create.

Look forward to seeing your challenge pages in our Mood board gallery and welcoming you back tomorrow for our Virtual crop day with classes starting at 10am - all free of charge. Come back and follow the link to instructions and images to create and inspire!

June Virtual Crop Challenge

You can't fail to be cheery with this month's mood board, time to get our happy scrappy on! Yes it is the night before the June virtual crop and we are asking you to be inspired by our June Mood board.

Those of you with Silhouette's or other die-cutting machines could have a field day with this one and the font image! Or do you have birthday photos to scrap of cake or balloons? Maybe you have photos from summer ice-creams or a large floral paper you have been waiting to use... I even really like the washi tape feel to the bottom of the board, did you see that before I mentioned it?

We look forward to seeing your creations shared on our gallery.

May Virtual Crop Challenge

Evening Scrapbookers on the night before our May Virtual Crop which can only mean time for another Mood Board inspiration challenge .What do you see when you look at this? Where do you get inspired and how will it translate to a layout?

Will you be inspired by the top left box containing the lacy overlay of a print not too dissimilar to damask, or the next image along of a garden - will this inspire you to scrap a photo or your garden or the Chelsea Flower show or another horticultural event? There are frames in the right middle image as well as bricks, a repeating pattern in the centre and stripes in the bottom right; all of these could inspire a page.  Alternatively you could be inspired by the green colours with the hint of teal and grey. 

For the mood board challenge, simply look at the board and let it inspire your layout, then share with us in our Facebook Mood board gallery. 

Tomorrow we will be back as always on the third Saturday of the month with classes at 10am, noon and 2pm, and of course some virtual crop chatter. See you then.

December Inspired by Challenge...

Inspired by challenge time again, your last one for 2017 so I hope many of you will be inspired to join in. Use the image above to inspire your layout and share it with us before the end of the month for a chance to win a £5 atdml store voucher.

Then join us tomorrow for more inspiration on the final virtual crop day for 2017 with the usual 3 classes from the design team at 10am, 12 noon and 2pm.

November Inspired by Challenge

It's virtual crop day with ATDML tomorrow so time to share another inspired by image.

Use this image to inspire a new layout and then share in our November Inspired by album on Facebook before the end of the month to be in the draw to win a £5 atdml store voucher redeemable against your next purchase.

This image says inks and paints and stamps and colour to me, but how will it inspire you?

See you back here tomorrow at 10am for your first class of the day.

Happy scrapping!

October Inspired by challenge

Virtual crop day tomorrow so here is your inspired by challenge to warm your scrapping up ready for three classes tomorrow with your ATDML design team

I love the colour mix on this poster advertising Oktoberfast in 2013 as well as the font and information being based around the wheel.  How will you use this to inspire your layout and enter into our October Inspired by challenge to win a £5 atdml voucher?

Share your projects in the October Inspired by gallery before the end of the month to have your layout entered into the draw! Those of you coming to the retreat later this month we will have the image there as well so lots of you can enter!!

September Inspired by Challenge

Virtual crop weekend is upon us once more which means it is time for an inspired by challenge.  An autumnal image to inspire you this month with leaves and gorgeous colours.

Dig our those leaf stamps, or use the placement of 12 blocks to inspire, or the colours even.

Please share your images in our September Inspired by gallery on Facebook by the end of the month to be in with a chance of winning a £5 atdml voucher.

There are a few winners to announce also for previous Inspired by challenges and congratulations go to Helen Howden and Antonia Sturt-Hammond for their winning layouts.

Please email mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk for your vouchers.

Challenge 6 - Twins (1988)

Your last challenge of the weekend based on the 1988 film Twins. For this challenge we want to see two photographs on your page, no more, no less.

Karen has illustrated for us below.

And here is another example from me.

Again the challenge remains open until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August to give you plenty of time to join in.  As always save your entries into the Challenge 6 gallery on Facebook to be in with a chance of winning a random prize from ATDML.

Challenge 5 - Star Wars (1977)

Well I thought I was young when the Pretty in Pink film came out, this one was release even earlier in 1977.

Challenge time again, and as you would expect from this film title we want to see your layouts feature stars. I have illustrated this below with a page I did for the gallery this time last year.

Another star inspired page from me to get you thinking - this one using strips of washi tape and paper to form a star shape as the feature of the page.

Again we ask you to save your completed layout in the challenge 5 gallery on Facebook once you have completed it and we could be selecting an entry at random to win a prize from Atdml. 

Challenges will remain open until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August to give you plenty of time to join in. 

Challenge 4 - Pretty in Pink (1986)

Cannot believe I was just 15 when this film came out! I bet you can guess what the challenge is for this evening? Yep, you guessed it, dig out your pink supplies and get as pink as you like with this one.

Jane has illustrated our Pretty in Pink inspired challenge beautifully below.

Save your completed layout in the challenge 4 gallery on Facebook once you have completed it, we'd love to see your pages.  As with the previous challenges this will remain open until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August to give you plenty of time to join in. 

Challenge 3 - Beauty & The Beast (1991)

Another challenge for this afternoon, this time inspired by Beauty and the Beast we want you to pair two contrasting colours together on a page, after all opposites attract!

This challenge has been illustrated below by Karen. Think it was the colours of the yellow and blue which also caught Karen's eye for this challenge!

Save your completed layout in the challenge 3 gallery on Facebook once you have completed it and who knows, we may select a prize at random for a lucky participant. 

Challenges will remain open until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August to give you plenty of time to join in. 

Challenge 2 - Big (1988)

Challenge 2 is up for you  this fine morning ahead of another day of classes and challenges from the team.

Go Big on your photo or your title is your challenge inspired by the 1998 Tom Hanks film "Big".

Karen has illustrated a layout below featuring a BIG title (love this!)

And Mel has also provided an example for us using an oversized photo..

Debbie also played along with this challenge illustrated beautifully below.

Once you have created your page inspired by this challenge why not upload it to our Facebook gallery for Challenge 2.  Challenges will remain open until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August to give you plenty of time to join in. 

See you back here in a hour for the first class of the day with yours truly at 9am.

Challenge 1 - Film themed bingo

Hello scrappers and welcome to your first challenge of this film themed cybercrop weekend. I am sure you have played scrapping bingo before but for those of you who haven't, or who need a reminder here's what to do. Simply pick a line be it horizontal, vertical or diagonal and select those elements to incorporate on a new layout.

Save your completed layout in the challenge 1 gallery on Facebook once you have completed it and who knows, we may select a prize at random for a lucky participant. Challenges will remain open until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday 28th August to give you plenty of time to join in. 

My layout (created for a previous retreat class) illustrates the top horizontal row of the bingo board above, with blue colours, boy themed photos and paper and a heart (on the paper at the top left of the layout).

Karen also played along with this challenge and created the page below from the right hand column of the bingo board.

Debbie has played along too with the diagonal line of the bingo (top left to bottom right). 

That's it for your first day of this your 2017 film themed Cybercrop. See you back here tomorrow at 8am for challenge #2 ahead of your next class at 9am.

May inspired by challenge

Ahead of our May virtual crop tomorrow we are pleased to bring you your May "Inspired by" image.

Use this image to inspire a layout, share it with us in our Facebook group in the May inspired by gallery and you could win a £5 atdml store voucher (drawn at random). Will you stick with teal/black and white, use typography on your page, black and white photos or the grid. It's up to you!

Look forward to seeing what you all come up with. I'll be playing along myself tomorrow.  Have fun.

Ann

December Virtual crop day challenge

Welcome to day 10 of your Advent with ATDML which is actually our virtual crop day, so you get a challenge and three classes today!! 

We hold our virtual crop days every month and kits are available to purchase in advance to join in with three classes available on line and of course a challenge. You don';t have to have a kit to take part in the classes, and there is no kit for the challenge. Just grab some supplies and join in!

As always our challenge is based on this day in music history - our last challenge for the year!!

On December 10th 1965 an 18-year-old David Bowie recorded 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' at Pye Studios in London, which was later released as a single under the name David Bowie with The Lower Third. It became the first David Bowie record to be released in America, the start of something big! 

Your challenge today is to create a layout about you! We should all be thinking of ourselves and scrapping our story, not just that of our friends and family so now is your chance. Layout MUST feature a photograph of yourself, bonus points if it is a festive photo given we are also in the midst of advent with ATDML!

Do share your challenge layouts in our Facebook gallery on ATDML # Create.
See you back here at 10am for your first class of the day :)

September Photo Prompts

Hello Scrapbookers and hello September (my favourite month!)
Slight technical hitch with the photo prompts so they have been on Facebook but not here until now.
Enjoy!

June 2016 Virtual Crop Challenge

Happy Virtual Crop day to you all, time to kick start our day of creativity with a challenge, which, as always is based on this day in music history.

Oh how I wish I was leaving on a jet plane today, but then I'd miss the challenge and classes coming up at 10am, noon and 2pm!! So instead I will see if I too can join in this weekend with this month's challenge which is to create a travel themed page, inspired by the music fact above!

Share your pages if you will with either a link below to your online gallery or via uploading them to our ATDML #Create Facebook page. Don't forget to pop back here at 10am for your first class.of the day with Karen. Enjoy!

May 2016 Virtual Crop Challenge

Good morning ATDML customers, and a warm welcome to another virtual crop day from your design team. In usual style we have our challenge now, then three classes at 10am, noon and 2pm. Pop back here each time for a link to your free downloadable instructions to the projects on offer.

Your challenge for the day is again based on this day in music history, with a link then to a tenuously linked/themed layout challenge!

For today we are asking you to create a page themed around friendship. Upload your challenge layouts to the Facebook group for ATDML # Create and see how others have been inspired by the challenge.

See you back here at 10am for your first class of the day. Happy crafting!!

September photo prompts

My favourite month of the year September, it is always my new beginning, new school uniform for the kids, new stationery, new term, new school year, and more often than not a far nicer time to start new resolutions than January!

So why not make this the month of "new" for you and join in on our photography prompts below

1. Selfie on the first, maybe with a new scarf, new lipstick or new hairdo?
2. New to me - photograph something new to you, be this a view, new clothes/footwear, new scrapbooking stash!
3. Close up - take a close up photo and maybe play with the macro function on your camera where you have a crisp foreground and a blurred background
4. Signs of the Season - snap the dewy grass in the morning, a clear blue sky, sunset skies, conkers, blackberries etc
5. In my hands, might need the timer for this one if you're using both hands!

Look forward to seeing you photos shared on the Facebook page or on your scrapbook layouts!